A thorough history of the aces that took on enemy observation balloons and won.
Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationery observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such as Willy Coppens, Pierre Bourjade and Michel Coiffard rising to the challenge.
This book covers the story of these 'balloon busters' from both sides in World War 1 through a mix of first-hand accounts and expert analysis, which compares tactics, theatres of operation, aircraft types and the overall odds for success.
A thorough history of the aces that took on enemy observation balloons and won.
Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationery observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such as Willy Coppens, Pierre Bourjade and Michel Coiffard rising to the challenge.
This book covers the story of these 'balloon busters' from both sides in World War 1 through a mix of first-hand accounts and expert analysis, which compares tactics, theatres of operation, aircraft types and the overall odds for success.
A Not-So-Easy Target
The Art of Balloon Busting
Balloon Fever
Exeunt Omnes
Appendices: Aces's Scores
A resident of Leesburg, Virginia, Jon Guttman is research
director for Historynet.com. Specialising in World War I aviation,
he has written numerous titles on this subject; this is his first
volume for Osprey.
Berkshire-based Harry Dempsey is a talented profile artist
who specialises in fighter aircraft of World War I. He has
illustrated all of Osprey's World War I Aircraft of the Aces titles
to date.
"Text and color drawings...cover a variety of aces and aircraft types from both sides. The introduction that covers development and operational use of balloons during WWI is a valuable nugget for anyone studying lighter-than-air craft, whose load-carrying capacity, range, and endurance may actually motivate their return to military and civil service in the not-so-distant future." --Aerospace Modeler (January 2009) "Overall, this is a very interesting book, and if you have any interest in balloons I would strongly recommend it to you." --Rob Auer, Proceedings
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